Colorado's 32-year-old team captain from Stockholm was greatly praised when he stepped onto the ice in Thursday's meeting with Dallas, after an absence from NHL hockey for nearly three years.
It's really fantastic. When you take into account how long he's been away and then see how he played last night, I think he put in an incredible effort given the circumstances, says the team's coach Jared Bednar.
Landeskog, who played two matches with the farm team before stepping back into the world's top hockey league, hopes to find his way back to his game as quickly as possible.
I think there are some things I need to work on and some things that will come with continued play. The good thing about ending up directly in a playoff like this is that the only thing you can do is throw yourself into it, says Gabriel Landeskog.
Dallas won the last meeting and leads the series, which is decided in best of seven, 2–1.
